An Artful Ocean Avenue
Willoughby Street Party
Join us for a neighborhood celebration and temporary street installation in West Hollywood!
Connect Four for First/Last Mile
Lots of great conversations, fun, and valuable data for the Expo/Crenshaw Station First/Last Mile.
Walk Downey Interactive Exhibition At Stay Gallery
Walk Downey is the community’s long-range vision for the future of walking in the City of Downey.
Listening to Each Other: The Long Beach Safe Streets Story Bench
Coming Soon to your Neighborhood: the Safe Streets Long Beach Story Bench!
Calling All Vinyl!
Here LA is piloting a fence beautification project, using woven strips of re-purposed vinyl advertisement and construction signage to transform chain link fences.
Envisioning North Long Beach at the PopUptown Social
We had a blast at the July 26th PopUPTown Social in North Long Beach! The patio of the Michelle Obama Library was filled with music, food, crafts, and community members of all ages who helped envision the future of Uptown Long Beach as part of the Uptown Planning Land Use and Neighborhood (UPLAN) strategy.
Glendale's Pedestrian Plan Mural Has a New Home!
Last October, Here LA installed a temporary art piece that illustrated a year's worth of feedback from community workshops completed for the Glendale Pedestrian Plan.
A Community Dialogue with Little Tokyo & the Arts District
Last weekend we installed a temporary interactive sculpture at Metro's Regional Connector 'Halfway There' Celebration in Little Tokyo.
Hop On The Downtown Trolley!
From now until the beginning of 2018, hop on the Downtown Glendale trolley, which circulates along Brand and Central, around the Americana and up to the residential areas north of the 134 Freeway.
Getting Hands On @ One Arroyo Day
Lots of fun last weekend at One Arroyo Day in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl! Here LA made these 'rainbow stackers' to facilitate a 3 dimensional dialogue with the community about their memories, hopes, and dreams for the Arroyo Seco.
Glendale Speaks: Turning Community Feedback Into Art
This past week, Here LA installed a temporary art piece that illustrated a year's worth of feedback from community workshops in the City of Glendale, as part of the City's Pedestrian Plan.
Testing, Testing: Temporary Urban Murals
Here LA is in the workshop this week exploring public murals as a city place making tool.
Blue Line Summer Series Slauson and Vernon
The Blue Line Summer Series continues on August 23rd at Slauson Station and August 27th near Vernon Station.
Having Fun In Front of the Green Screen
Here LA's Amber Hawkes and Shannon Davis visited Planetizen's LA office today in Koreatown to film a segment for Planetizen Courses about First/Last Mile and 'Storytelling'.
Blue Line Summer Series Downtown Long Beach Pop-Up
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Metro Blue Line Summer Series Pop-Up in DTLB, Promenade Square Park!
Blue Line Summer Events are Coming
Be sure to join us on August 6th for a pop-up event for the Metro Blue Line First/Last Mile Summer Series!
Global Street Design Guide
We have been enjoying using the Global Street Design Guide in the office! The Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI) and NACTO have teamed together to create a graphically rich and informative resource manual for planners and urban designers.
Two Awards for Here LA and the City of Santa Monica
Here LA is proud to accept two new awards along with the City of Santa Monica for the Creative Crosswalks Pilot Project: the 2017 APA LA Award of Excellence for Urban Design and the 2017 Westside Urban Forum Award of Merit for Public Open Space.
West Hollywood's Pedestrian & Bicycle Mobility Plan Approved by City Council
This week, the West Hollywood City Council approved the Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Plan, which Here LA has been working on for the past year.